Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Sloppy and sentimental content - cynics should avoid this post ! In the last 6 weeks there have been many times when I have wept with joy and gratitude for what my surgeon has done for me. I am not so stupid to not know that he had a team of helpers on this, but he was the one with the knife in his hand and he was the one who got it right. I am recovering extremely well. I have done everything I can to help myself in this respect. I have stuck rigidly to the mushy diet, no spicy food, no alcohol and no carbonation, for the first five weeks. In the last week I have been progressing tentatively into real food. I had a day out with close friends on Sunday and when we got back to Pam's house, we made pasta with sauce, tuna fish and cheese and bilberry and apple pie (home-made by my daughter) and cream. I joined in with the eating and felt normal for the first time in 16 years. (Hang on while I dry the tears again - warned you !) Only the people on this board can truly feel the joy and gratitude I now feel towards the man who did this for me. I have just lived through 6 weeks when I have not had to be sick (regurge) and that is the first time I have been able to say that since the beginning. Other things I have done to help myself are to join a group singing class. The yoga-type standing and breathing exercises that we do for the first half hour of the session have proved to be very therapeutic. Singing classes ought to be on the recovery schedule of every cardiac department. Also I have joined a gym, where you have access to a personal trainer who tailors your work-out to your own particular needs. There again I have been concentrating on building strength in the cardiac area. I just need to ask when I can go back to my belly-dancing classes now. Because of my improved nutrition, I am feeling so much more brain alert and motivated. My calendar is full with things to do, people to see. My incisions are now such that I go to the communal changing rooms in the gym and do not hesitate to undress in front of others. I could not have got to this place in my life without the people in this group. These are not empty words. They are the literal truth. I love you. From a joyful, grateful, tearful, but no longer fearful Ann in England. Try the all-new . "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall Street Journal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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